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Cover of In These States by T.R. Hummer


In These States
T.R. Hummer

"In These States" is a partial road atlas of the contemporary U.S. soul.

Each of us has various existences, only a few of them ...


book cover of plastic water bottle floating in water
Illustrated by: Griffin Finke


Environment
Rolf Halden

What is the environment, this elusive object that impacts us so profoundly — our odds to be born; the way we look, feel, and function; and how ...


Cover of Radical Wordsworth by Jonathan Bate


Radical Wordsworth
The Poet Who Changed the World
Jonathan Bate

A dazzling new biography of Wordsworth’s radical life as a thinker and poetical innovator, published to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth. ...


Book cover will illustration of a city and children


Urban Playground
What Kids Say About Living in San Francisco
Katie Burke

Have you ever wondered what it’s like being a kid in San Francisco? Are you raising a kid in this or another urban center? San Francisco life is ...


Colorful image from the Hubble space telescope.


Hubble Legacy
30 Years of Discoveries and Images
Jim Bell

Looking deep into space, by definition, means looking back in time — and the Hubble Space Telescope can look very far back, including at ...


Cover of Keeping Time by Thomas Legendre


Keeping Time
A Novel
Thomas Legendre

A crumbling marriage. An ancient mystery. And a way to change the past . . . 

When archaeologist Aaron Keeler finds himself transported 18 ...


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Restoring Thucydides
Testing Familiar Lessons and Deriving New Ones
Jay M. Parker

Few books have had a wider sustained impact than "Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War." More than 2,500 years after it was written, ...


Cover of Education in Movement Spaces co-edited by Timothy San Pedro


Education in Movement Spaces
Standing Rock to Chicago Freedom Square
Edited by Alayna Eagle Shield, Django Paris, Rae Paris, Timothy San Pedro

This book amplifies the distinct, intersecting, and coalitional possibilities of education in the spaces of ongoing movements for Native and Black ...

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